Philip Cary (MP for Devon)


Sir Philip Cary of Cockington, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Devon in 1433.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Cary of Cockington, Devon, 12 times Member of Parliament for Devon, by his first wife Margaret Courtenay, a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, Devon, 4th son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon by his wife Margaret de Bohun, daughter and heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet, a daughter of King Edward I.

Marriages and progeny

He married Christiana de Orchard, daughter and heiress of William de Orchard of Orchard, near Taunton in Somerset. She survived him and remarried to Walter Portman, 10 times MP for Taunton, by whom she had issue, ancestors of the present Viscount Portman, owner of the Portman Estate in London. By Christiana de Portman he had issue:
He died on Sunday, the Feast of St Tecla the Virgin, 1437.